Time Is Money: A Case Study On Old Dominion Freight Lines
Time Is Money: A Case Study On Old Dominion Freight Lines
Time Is Money: A Case Study On Old Dominion Freight Lines
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A case study on Old Dominion Freight Lines
Abhishek Pandey
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About ODFL
Industry: Transportation/Logistics
Market: Less-than-Truckload Carrier
Application: Dock and Yard Management
Products:
RFID
Professional Services
2455 vehicle mount computer
2425 hand held computer
2486 stationary computer
1800 scanner
2100 access points
Key Findings
Old Dominion has next-day and second-day
Incoming Shipment
Processing
RFID tagged to incoming shipments
In-house software takes care of how the
shipment should be handled
Instructions immediately relayed to
switchers to start their activities
Benefit Increase in productivity
Reduction in manual labor
Real time information available to the
supervisors
Dock Operations
Once shipment reaches dock door, workers use Intermec
ScanPlus 1800 CCD reader tethered to a 2486 wireless
computer mounted near the dock door to scan a bar-coded
number label that is applied to each item in the shipment
The scan triggers an inquiry on the dock and yard management
system that matches the number with the manifest records
Dock door workers then receive handling instructions without
having to read through pages of manifest and customer
information.
Once information is in the host system, it quickly becomes
available to customers through a series of Web-based
applications.
Outgoing Shipment
Processing
Every items label is scanned before
loading
Key Takeaways
Quick Rollouts of the system 40 per year
High return on investment each facility gets the
returns within 8 to 11 months of installation
Unmeasurable benefits - better management
information, lower overall delivery times, higher
labor productivity and improved customer service.
Thank You!